Souvenir stands hawking petrified wood lined the roads outside the monument, drawing their wares from nearby parcels of private land. But visitors still succumbed to the temptation of pocketing a ...

So Petrified Forest National Park recently changed its messaging, thanking visitors for "doing the right thing," because most of them do. Unfortunately, for the few who do so BELATEDLY, the wood ...

Petrified Forest National Park has a fascinating story to tell. Learn about its unexpected rock formations, multi-colored fossils, and myriad archaeological treasures with these 12 facts.

Eventually, often decades later, conscience prompts some to return their "souvenirs" anonymously, along with a little note of apology. It's easy … GUILT can be a powerful thing.

There’s treasure buried in Washington’s desert. It’s not gold doubloons or the lost stash of infamous 1970s skyjacker D.B. Cooper. It’s petrified wood, an heirloom from ginkgo and sequoia ...

Santucci had been hired by the superintendent of Petrified Forest National Park to help with a vexing problem: Visitors were pocketing small pieces of petrified wood to take home as souvenirs, which ...

Hike through Colorado’s petrified forest and learn about its rocky history with highlights from Walt Disney and failed wood saws at Florissant Fossil Beds.